From the Valkyrie to the Endless

A third-level spirit monster no longer needs to absorb nutrients from the earth, and its roots can temporarily leave the earth and move around.

This red blood vine has been a demon for at least seven or eight years, or even longer. Its intelligence has grown to a certain extent. It regards Shen Qing as its prey and even thinks of cutting off its retreat and catching her in a trap. It is obvious that it intends to keep her here and turn her into food.

But unfortunately, it was only recently transformed and its ideas were too simple.

Shen Qing took a step back and jumped directly into the big pit behind him. He retrieved the half-broken gun blade that he had left there before, and then rushed to the remaining spiritual spring and swallowed it in big gulps.

The Red Blood Vine's initiative to leave the vicinity of the spiritual spring actually gave her an opportunity and saved her a lot of trouble.

The sundial began to move again, and the illusory stars in the Dantian shone brightly. The cultivation level that had just been stabilized in the Nascent Soul Realm began to soar again.

Seeing Shen Qing's sudden action, the Red Blood Vine obviously did not react. With its simple intelligence, it was unable to predict Shen Qing's action at all.

Watching Shen Qing drink up the remaining spiritual spring in just a few gulps, a shrill scream sounded in the cave.

woo-

The vines danced wildly, like long whips lashing through the air, making sharp noises.

In an instant, Shen Qing felt a slight chill on his spine and felt the purest murderous intent, which was very powerful.

However, the vines that were previously irresistible now posed a much less threat to her.

Shen Qing clenched the gun blade in his hand, his true energy surged slightly, and a nearly two-foot-long aura burst out from the edge of the blade, like a long sword.

The reason why the magic iron is called magic iron is because after the warrior's true qi flows through the magic iron, it can produce a certain amplification, which can increase the warrior's combat power to the maximum extent. It is rare and hard to come by.

puff--

The blade light cut through the void, making a piercing hum. The gun blade, infused with true energy, was incredibly sharp. The vines that were difficult to be cut by swords and knives were broken as soon as it touched them, and they fell to the ground in pieces.

A hissing sound like that of a long insect echoed in the cave, and the vines shrank rapidly and retreated to a corner of the cave.

With intelligence, it will fear death and seek benefits and avoid harm. After suffering some losses just now, this red blood vine immediately prepared to escape and had no intention of fighting to the death with Shen Qing.

It wanted to run away, but Shen Qing had no intention of letting it go.

I don't know how long this red blood vine has been lurking here. I'm afraid that the essence of the spiritual spring has been absorbed into its body. If it were to slip away in vain, the loss would be too great.

However, in the blink of an eye, the vines drilled into the mountain wall, and with the help of the vine leaves that were like sharp blades, it broke through the rocks and dug the soil. In the blink of an eye, it drilled into the mountain wall for more than ten feet.

Shen Qing raised his hand and a flash of knife light slashed into the rock wall. The solid rock wall shattered like tofu, and the entire mountain was shaking.

Holding his breath and ignoring the smoke and dust, Shen Qing strode forward in pursuit, going deeper into the mountain and cutting down another ten-foot-long vine.

After all, it is a spiritual monster with low intelligence. If the red blood vine was smarter, it would have blocked Shen Qing's retreat when she first entered the cave, and the ending might not be like this.

After chasing for a while, there was suddenly no space in front of them. Shen Qing stepped on the dust and looked around, with a strange look on his face.

In front of him was a cave, which looked not far from where Wen Tianfeng was in seclusion. There were more than a hundred luminous pearls inlaid on the top. Not far away, in front of a stone platform, sat a withered skeleton wearing a Taoist robe.

The red blood vine has disappeared without a trace.

There are several wooden shelves scattered in the cave, on which are scattered bottles and jars, strange-shaped utensils, and some bamboo slips and books. It looks like a cave for spiritual practice.

After walking around the cave, Shen Qing thought for a moment and realized something was wrong.

The red blood vine drilled all the way downwards. This place was at least hundreds of feet underground and there was no road around. It looked more like a mausoleum than a cave.

I don't know what means this skeleton used to open up such a place so deep underground, leaving no way in or out.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing did not approach the dry bones. He wrapped his whole body with true energy and began to carefully examine the cave.

If it is a mausoleum, obviously no one would want to be disturbed. There might be hidden traps inside. It is better to be cautious.

After carefully checking for a while, Shen Qing finally felt relieved and approached the wooden racks.

When those bottles and jars were opened one by one, without exception, only dust was left. Those strange-shaped instruments also did not produce any spiritual response, and it was obvious that they had lost their original functions over time.

Only the bamboo slips and books have been preserved.

After rolling his eyes a few times, Shen Qing suddenly became interested and his eyes lit up slightly.

"Summary of Spirit Talismans", "General Principles of Inducing Qi", "Detailed Explanation of the Spirit Gathering Array", "Hundred Dan Sutra", "Introduction to Pang's Smelting Method", "Sacrificial Rites"...

Most of the records on these bamboo slips are about the skills of spiritual practice. It is obvious that the withered skeleton had a wide range of knowledge during his lifetime.

Although most of the content is no longer applicable in today's era, it is still useful and gave Shen Qing a lot of inspiration.

Since there was plenty of time, Shen Qing dragged all the cut red blood vines into the cave. While flipping through the books, he began to take the red blood vines.

The skin of the red blood vine is like gold and iron, but the inner stem is extremely soft, sticky and sweet, and filled with surging spiritual energy, which is even better than the effect of spiritual spring.

Taking it directly like this would undoubtedly be a waste of resources. We need to ask an alchemist to help us, and he will undoubtedly be able to refine several furnaces of precious pills.

Unfortunately, after separating from the main body of the Red Blood Vine, the vines' spiritual energy dissipated very quickly. If they were not eaten quickly, it would be a waste. There would be no time to stay until the end of the secret realm to find an alchemist to make the elixir.

Dozens of feet of red blood vines all entered Shen Qing's stomach, and as the sundial turned, they turned into surging true energy.

Just like that, in the intervals between flipping through the classics, Shen Qing's cultivation took another step forward and he stepped into the middle stage of the Condensation Realm. With the passage of time, the growth of his cultivation came naturally.

Including the previous seclusion on Mount Jiutian, Shen Qing's bone age is nearly seventy years. It can't be said that it's fast for him to enter the third realm at this age. Just looking at the Tian Ranking of the Great Heaven, there have been martial arts masters in their forties before, and Shen Lie is one of them.

In ancient times, there were even terrifying monsters who opened up their divine treasures at the age of twenty or so, and even achieved unity of their soul and spirit.

There is no shortage of geniuses and evildoers in any era, but under the erosion of time, they have all become old and turned into dust.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

After roughly reading through all the classics, Shen Qing put all his things back in their original places and prepared to leave the mausoleum.

"disturb."

Shen Qing walked up to the dry bones, bowed his head, and when he looked up, his eyes fixed.

On the dry and frizzy finger bones, a light blue ring was shining brightly, still emitting a spiritual light.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 70 Biography

Judging from those rotten pills, this cave has been around for who knows how many years and is extremely old.

Under such circumstances, the one that can still maintain its spirituality is obviously precious. It is most likely a space treasure, like a mustard seed containing Mount Sumeru, and there is another world inside.

Shen Qing took two steps forward, his mind connected with the sundial, and reached out to take off the ring.

As soon as Shen Qing got the ring, he immediately sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth was gathering towards the ring.

The ring is green in color, and is engraved with intricate spiritual patterns. At a glance, there are no less than thousands of them.

A highly skilled spiritual array master engraved the pattern of a spirit gathering array on this ring. This is the fundamental reason why the ring is still well preserved today.

Just carving these thousands of spiritual patterns on this small ring is an unimaginable and exquisite method, which can be called a masterpiece of nature.

Shen Qing clenched the ring tightly and tried to inject true energy into it. A green light flashed, and a space appeared in her mind. It was three meters long and wide, and more than two meters high, and was filled with a lot of miscellaneous items.

Dozens of unknown minerals, skeletons of creatures of unknown species, a small pile of palm-sized talismans, and a box of ancient bamboo slips.

More than a dozen Taoist robes were neatly stacked in the corner. Not far away were vases filled with various elixirs, most of which were empty.

Referring to the Hundred Pills Sutra he had read before, Shen Qing identified the remaining bottles of pills. They were still effective, but their levels were not high. Most of them were such as Bigu Pills, Qingchen Pills, Ningyuan Pills, and so on.

Only the Ningyuan Pill was helpful to Shen Qing's cultivation, but relying on pills to practice slowly was too much of a waste of time for Shen Qing and was not within her consideration.

Compared with those on the shelves in the cave, the things recorded in the ancient bamboo slips placed in the ring are obviously more than one level higher, and there is also a magic formula that can be cultivated to the state of unity.

Among these ancient books, the one that interested Shen Qing the most was an autobiography, which was a collection of essays written by this skeleton during his lifetime.

This autobiography looks very old, with yellowed pages and worn edges, obviously it has been read frequently.

[The 369th year of Zhaolong, the 17th day of the Chen month.]

[I finally condensed the Dao Seed and entered the Manifestation Realm. The sect gave me a reward, which was twenty mid-grade spirit stones. It’s Senior Sister Xu’s birthday soon, so I can give her a new robe.]

[The sixteenth day of the Shen month in the 369th year of Zhaolong.]

[I bought a robe for Senior Sister Xu, and spent twenty-four middle-grade spirit stones. I felt a little distressed, but Senior Sister Xu was very happy and gave me a kiss. Twenty-four middle-grade spirit stones didn't seem to be a lot.]

[The twenty-fifth day of the Shen month in the 369th year of Zhaolong.]

[Senior Sister Xu gave me two bottles of Condensing Yuan Dan. When I asked about the robes she gave me last time, she said she didn't like them and gave them to another junior sister. I felt a little disappointed.]

[In the 370th year of Zhaolong, the sixth day of the first month of the year Yin.]

[Today, Senior Sister Xu suddenly asked me if I wanted to be her Taoist partner. I was stunned for a moment and forgot to answer. Senior Sister Xu called me a fool and left angrily. ]

[Spring, the 371st year of the Zhaolong reign.]

[Something big seems to have happened in the sect. The elders and senior brothers and sisters have become very busy. Senior Sister Xu is also very busy. She always looks pale and is in a hurry. I haven't talked to her for a long time.]

[The thirteenth day of the winter month in the 372nd year of Zhaolong.]

[Senior Sister Xu is dead. The son of the sect master somehow offended the Phoenix Blood Palace. The compensation given by the sect was not satisfactory to the other party. Two masters of the Shenzang realm suddenly came to the door and killed the sect master, the elders, and all fellow disciples above the Condensation realm. I was ordinary in talent, so I escaped. I can feel that the other party didn't see me at all and treated me like an ant. ]

[The eleventh day of the Yin month in the 375th year of the Zhaolong reign.]

[Recently, I often dream about Senior Sister Xu. I once thought about revenge, so I went to the Phoenix Blood Palace and happened to meet one of the two Shenzang Realm masters. He actually remembered me and arranged a good job for me to help the Phoenix Blood Palace run a shop. I could get thirty middle-grade spirit stones a month, but I refused.]

[Summer, the 493rd year of the reign of Emperor Zhaolong.]

[Today, I am concentrating on my essence. This summer is hotter than in previous years. I heard that there was a famine in the southern region. It seems that 100 million or 200 million people died. It is a rare disaster. Taxes are also heavy. I don’t know how long it will take to save enough spirit stones to buy a spirit ring.]

【The 553rd year of Zhaolong.】

[Exploring the secrets, I was lucky enough to get a scroll of spiritual skills, and there is hope for Gangsha. 】

【The 586th year of Zhaolong.】

[After entering Gangsha, I finally saved enough spirit stones to buy a spirit ring. I earned a lot of spirit stones by reselling spirit materials, so I can make a living. ]

【Yulong seventeen years.】

[Due to my limited talent, I have never been able to see the door to the God's Treasure. The Phoenix Blood Palace was destroyed at the beginning of the year. I don't know who did it. I heard that it was a great man who had reached the True Unity Realm. I thought of Senior Sister Xu again, but I can't remember what she looks like. I don't know if I can see her after I die. If I don't recognize her, will she scold me again? ]

【The twenty-ninth year of Yulong.】

[I tried to open my heart, but failed. My Qi and blood were greatly damaged, and I exhausted my body. I still can't replenish my vitality. This is good. Maybe I can see Senior Sister Xu sooner.]

【Eighty-seven years of Yulong.】

[I found a remote place that can be used as a resting place. I went back to the sect’s ruins last year and saw that a small sect had settled here. There are no traces of the past. I wanted to retrieve Sister Xu’s remains, but I couldn’t even find the grave.]

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